ATLANTA >> A man in a passing vehicle accused of opening fire on a police officer on patrol in Georgia will likely be charged with aggravated assault on the officer, authorities said Friday. A suspect was apprehended after a short car chase and is in custody.

The shooting happened in Roswell, a city just north of Atlanta, early Friday, just hours after a sniper attack killed five police officers in Dallas, and officers were already on edge, Roswell Det. Zachary Frommer said.

Victor Alonzo Majia Nunez, 21, was being questioned by detectives Friday. Police have not released a motive. Asked whether the shooting might be related to the Texas attacks, Frommer said, “Nothing right now says that it is or isn’t.”

“I know detectives have been talking to him, but I don’t know how much he’s talking,” Frommer said.

Though Majia Nunez has been speaking with investigators, “his cooperation has been limited,” police said in a midmorning update on the case.

McKenzie is a member of the agency’s drunken-driving task force and was on routine patrol when he came under attack, police said. The officer didn’t immediately know whether the shots were fireworks or gunshots but quickly realized that “gunshots were coming his way,” Frommer said.

The officer then chased the blue Ford Explorer with a Georgia license plate, which traveled through a shopping center at one point before striking a curb and median and damaging one of its tires, Frommer said. Majia Nunez was then taken into custody.

McKenzie “jumped right into action and did a great job chasing this guy down and catching him,” Frommer said.

Investigators later determined the Explorer had been stolen, police said.

Charges are pending but will likely include aggravated assault on a police officer, methamphetamine possession, reckless driving and fleeing and eluding, along with charges relating to the stolen Explorer, Frommer said.

Roswell, a city of about 95,000 people, is about 20 miles north of Atlanta.